May 19
1988 Roy Tarpley was presented the 6th Man of the Year trophy in front
of the home crowd.
1988 In the second round of the playoffs, Dallas defeated Denver 108-95
to take the series 4-2 and advance to the Western Conference
Finals - the 1st time in team history to make it to the conference
finals.
2006 Jason Terry missed Game 6 vs San Antonio while serving his 1-game
suspension for punching Michael Finley on 5/17/06 late in Game 5.
2006 Activated Darrell Armstrong and placed Josh Powell on IL.
Armstrong had missed 4 days (2 games) with a left knee contusion.
Powell was activated 5 days (2 games) later.
Games
Record: 2-2 (home: 1-2, road: 1-0)
Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
1988 W Denver 108-95 +13 RB/SP 23 Tarpley 19 English 34
Denver pulled within 93-94 with 3:30 left, but Dallas closed the game with
a 14-2 run, including 7 points from Rolando Blackman.
Blackman had 23 points, Sam Perkins had 23 points and 11 rebounds, and
Roy Tarpley had 18 points and 19 rebounds.
Alex English had 34 points and Danny Schayes had 15 points and 9
rebounds.
Fat Lever (strained right knee) and Jay Vincent (pulled right calf muscle)
[with Denver] did not play.
Game 6: Dallas won series 4-2
Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2003 W @San Antonio 113-110 +3 Nowitzki 38 Nowitzki 15 Duncan 40
Dallas played hack-a-Bowen during the 2nd quarter in intentionally fouling
Bruce Bowen and Bowen shot 5-10 FT during the quarter.
San Antonio led 110-105 with 2:45 left. Dallas scored the next 4 points
and then both teams went scoreless over a 1:30 period and San Antonio
held a 1 point lead with 27 seconds left. Michael Finley got a
pseudo-hook with 14 seconds left. Tim Duncan air-balled a 4-footer and
Dirk Nowitzki rebounded and was fouled with 4 seconds left. He hit both
free throws. Dallas intentionally fouled Duncan after the inbounds. He
missed his 1st free throw and intentionally missed the 2nd, but Steve
Nash grabbed the rebound and time expired.
San Antonio did not score in the last 2:45 of the game.
Dallas out-scored San Antonio 30-19 in the 4th quarter.
Dallas shot 49-50 FT and San Antonio shot 31-48 FT - after missing their
first free throw (Eduardo Najera), Dallas made their next 49. 49
free throws made set a team playoff record. 48 free throws attempted
by San Antonio set the opponent playoff record.
Nowitzki had 38 points including 17-17 FT (3rd most in league history of
free throws made without a miss) and 15 rebounds, Finley had 26 points
including 10-10 FT, and Nash had 22 points.
Duncan had 40 points on 14-20 FG and 12-19 FT, 15 rebounds, and 7 assists.
It was the 6th time a Mavs opponent had 40+ points in the playoffs and
the 2nd of 3 times Duncan had 40+ points against Dallas.
Tony Parker had 18 points.
Game 1: Dallas led series 1-0; San Antonio would win series 4-2
Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2006 L San Antonio 86-91 -5 DNowitzki 26 DNowitzki 21 Ginobili 30
Jason Terry missed Game 6 vs San Antonio while serving his 1-game
suspension for punching Michael Finley on 5/17/06 late in Game 5.
Jerry Stackhouse started in Terry's place.
Dirk Nowitzki missed a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left and Dallas down by
3 points.
San Antonio had just 4 offensive rebounds, setting an opponent playoff
low.
San Antonio shot 43.3% FG and Dallas shot 38.6% FG.
San Antonio shot 29-34 FT and Dallas shot 17-20 FT.
Manu Ginobili (SA) had 30 points including 12-13 FT and 10 rebounds and
Tim Duncan (SA) had 24 points on 8-21 FG and 8-10 FT and 8 rebounds.
Dirk Nowitzki had 26 points and 21 rebounds. It was 3rd 20-20 by a Mav
in the playoffs (2nd by Nowitzki) and the 7th of 8 times Nowitzki had
a 20-20 with Dallas. 21 rebounds also set the team playoff record
and was the 5th time a Mavs player had 20+ rebounds in the playoffs
and the 7th of 9 times Nowitzki had 20+ rebounds with Dallas.
Josh Howard had 17 points and 6 rebounds.
Game 6: The series was tied 3-3; Dallas would win series 4-3
Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent
Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer
2011 L Oklahoma City 100-106 -6 DNowitzki 29 TChandler 13 KDurant 24
The game stayed close throughout with neither team holding more than
an 11 point lead. Oklahoma City did lead the entire 4th quarter
(but was down to 1 point 5 times). Oklahoma City scored 7 straight
points to take a 102-92 lead with 3:15 left.
Oklahoma City shot 55.7% (39-70) FG and Dallas shot 43.8% (35-80) FG.
Dirk Nowitzki had 29 points on 10-17 FG and 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and
5 assists; Tyson Chandler had 15 points and 13 rebounds including 6
offensive; and Jason Kidd had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and
5 steals.
Kevin Durant (OKC) had 24 points, James Harden (OKC) had 23 points
including 4-7 3-pointers and 7 rebounds, and Russell Westbrook (OKC)
had 18 points.
Game #2, Series tied 1-1; Dallas would win series 4-1